January 30th, 2008 Genital warts problem
It’s a nasty topic to start a new blog, but I’d been searching for some unusual (at least to me) ailments and came across genital warts. I’d never heard that term before, but started to search for it and I found a number of websites devoted to the very topic. I started from Wikipedia, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and a number of other sites. I found http://genitalwartsguide.org to be a very comprehensive site too.
What are genital warts? I never knew there was such a thing. It turns about that almost 20 million Americans have this problem. Genital warts are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). The virus is transmitted sexually during sexual intercourse. It causes little bumps (warts) to grow on your genitals or in the scrotum area. The thing looks pretty nasty (pictures of genital warts). Fortunately, it can be treated in a number of ways. I think I’m gonna examine myself today and see if there are any surprises there 